August
23,
2006
Online
casinos
players
are
always
aware
of
possible
power
outages
at
home
when
playing
at
online
gambling
sites,
but
just
imagine
sitting
at a
slot
machine
at
Connecticut’s
massive
Mohegan
Sun
facility
and
having
the
power
go
out.
Not
the
best
of
situations
for
any
casino
game
player,
but
this
casino
handled
itself
well,
but
hit
a
few
snags.
One
local
newspaper
reported
that
the
power
outage
at
the
casino
happened
around
3:30AM
when
a
fire
started
at a
transformer
because
it
failed
and
overheated
supposedly.
As
many
online
gambling
news
readers
would
imagine,
this
put
a
bit
of
pressure
on
the
head
engineer
at
the
Mohegan
Sun.
But
soon
after,
all
three
of
the
casino’s
backup
generators
kicked
into
gear
just
as
they
should
have.
Not
so
fast,
they
even
stopped
due
to a
switch
on
one
of
them
that
also
caught
on
fire.
The
Casino
of
the
Sky
then
lost
power.
This
is a
bit
of
drama
right.
Nearly
2,700
slot
games
and
some
twenty-one
additional
casino
table
games
at
the
Casino
of
the
Sky
section
of
the
property
were
also
out
of
operation
until
much
later
that
morning.
The
sun
came
up
over
the
Sun
before
power
was
finally
beginning
to
show
signs
of
recovery
at
about
9:30AM.
It
was
not
until
nearly
12PM
(noon)
that
the
entire
casino
was
back
at
full
gaming
capacity.
Online
casino
news
article
readers
are
probably
thinking
that
it
was
fortunate
that
the
casino
was
out
of
commission
during
the
overnight
hours
right.
In
another
section
of
the
Mohegan
Sun,
things
went
on
almost
as
usual.
That
part
of
the
mega
casino
only
lost
use
of
one
fifth
of
its
casino
table
games
and
all
of
the
slots
were
fully
operational.
Yet
another
part
of
the
property,
the
Casino
of
the
Earth
had
all
of
its
slots
up
and
running
and
also
only
lost
usage
of
one
fifth
of
its
table
games.
The
Casino
of
the
Earth
has
about
3,700
slot
machines
itself.
Now,
if
you
have
ever
been
to
this
Connecticut
mega
casino
or
are
familiar
with
it,
you
know
it
is
huge.
As
we
mentioned
earlier
in
this
article
to
our
online
gambling
fans
out
there,
this
happen
mostly
during
overnight
hours,
but
this
is a
very
busy
casino
and
the
first
part
of
the
day’s
loss
caused
nearly
a
thousand
gambling
enthusiasts
to
be
out
of
gaming
luck
as
far
as
gambling
was
concerned.
Yes,
the
casino
of
the
Earth
was
up
and
running
as
were
other
various
sections
of
this
huge
casino
resort,
but
when
you
go
from
full
capacity
to
minimal
capacity,
room
to
play
was
at a
premium.
No
word
on
what
the
casino
thinks
it
lost
in
revenues
yet.
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